Miguel Angel Corzo
Born (1942-01-01) January 1, 1942
Mexico City[1]
EducationBS, UCLA[2]

Miguel Angel Corzo (born January 1, 1942) is an American arts administrator and consultant.

Early life and education

Miguel Angel Corzo was born and raised in Mexico City.[1] He completed an undergraduate degree in Civil Engineering from the University of California, Los Angeles in 1967.[2]

Professional life

Corzo became the first President and CEO of LA Plaza de Cultura y Artes in Los Angeles from August 2009 to September 2011.[3] Corzo was President and CEO of The Colburn School in Los Angeles until October 2008.[4][5][6] Prior to Colburn, between 2000 and June 2007, he was the President and CEO of the University of the Arts in Philadelphia.[7]

As Corzo's tenure was ending at the University of the Arts, the university allocated a $5 million gift from Philadelphia-area philanthropist Dorrance Hill Hamilton and named its Center for the Creative Economy after him.[8]

He was the Director of the Getty Conservation Institute in Los Angeles from 1991[1] to 1998.[9]

Published works

  • Mortality immortality? : the legacy of 20th-century art. OCLC 39658997.

References

  1. 1 2 3 "GCI hosts Day with Getty Trustees". GCI Newsletter. Getty Conservation Institute. Fall 1991. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
  2. 1 2 "Miguel Angel Corzo '67". UCLA.
  3. ↑ Guzman, Richard (September 28, 2011). "LA Plaza Leader Out After 'Financial Mismanagement'". Los Angeles Downtown News. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  4. ↑ Haithman, Diane (October 22, 2008). "Colburn School President Miguel Angel Corzo resigns". Culture Monster. Los Angeles Times. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  5. ↑ "Colburn parents decry loss of piano program". Los Angeles Times. September 20, 2008. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  6. ↑ "Discord over key changes at Colburn". Los Angeles Times. September 4, 2007. Retrieved June 1, 2015.
  7. ↑ Patel, Mary F. (May 30, 2007). "Cultural Evolution". Philadelphia City Paper. Archived from the original on January 19, 2016. Retrieved February 28, 2015.
  8. ↑ "Center for the Creative Economy Dedicated to President Corzo". May 27, 2007. Archived from the original on May 28, 2010. Retrieved March 6, 2009.
  9. ↑ "New director of the GCI". GCI Newsletter. Getty Conservation Institute. Fall 1998. Retrieved September 4, 2008.
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